giving to the Supreme Lord of the Univerfe, on reviewing the whole extent of our venerable Sovereign's reign!" Speaking of our duties, in the laft place, he fays:

"Many pretend to zealous loyalty on the one hand, or toflaming patriotifm on the other, who cherifh no fenfe of piety." Fools! deftitute of all knowledge of the bafis of civil government.. Let them show me any one nation governed without religion; let them show me that Chriftianity does not advance the best interefts of men, and cement fociety in a manner unattainable by human laws. Let them fhow me thefe [things], and I will applaud their fyftem. Even the atheists of revolutionary France were compelled to restore that corrupt form of Christianity which they had abolished; and have we yet among us men fo mad as not to cherish, as to difcourage and reject the genuine Gofpel of Chrift, which alone can confer fubftantial happinefs, both in the life that is, and in that which is to come? Loyalty to God is the foun dation of loyalty to the King." P. 29.

On this ground he afterwards infifts on religion as the fove reign remedy for every evil which wounds our political existence.

The pure and vivifying fpirit of the Gofpel, by reftraining felfifhnefs, by repreffing avarice, by moderating ambition, by purifying fenfuality, by limiting luxury, by humanizing oppreffion, by checking party fpirit, in a word, by reforming the vices which difturb and imbitter the focial state of man, and by fubitituting in their place all the virtues which improve, confoli date, and adorn it, would remove our prefent diftreffes, fecure us against the recurrence of fimilar calamity, and place us under the immediate protection of God." P. 32,

It is hardly worth while to remark, that the fiftieth anniver fary, in the title-page, is erroneous. The Sermon itfelf is ex cellent.

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ART. 26. A Short Introduction to the Theory of Harmonics, or the Philofophy of musical Sounds, for the Use of fuch mufical Profeffors, Amateurs, and others, as have not previously studied Mathematics, By J. Marsh, Efq. 4to. Chichester, printed; London, Goulding and Co. 1809.

This able work appears to us well worthy of the attention of all thofe musical profeffors and others, who feel an intereft in the queftions refpecting different modes of temperament, the charac ter of keys, &c. which have lately agitated the mufical world. Mr. Marth, who in many previous publications has proved his Knowledge of the theory and practice of mufic, as well as his tafte and judgment in felection, has here provided an introduction to the philofophy of Harmonics, calculated to be studied without that

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that mathematical preparation, which is neceffary to the comprehenfion of Smith's celebrated work, and other theoretical treatifes. The doctrine of vibrations, and of the length and proportion of ftrings, is here made familiar: and the ufe of the monochord is ex lained, with a defcription of fuch an inftrument, of very fuperior conftruction, contrived and executed by the gen. tleman to whom thefe pages are dedicated, Lawfon Hudlefton, Efq. of Shaftesbury.

The practical advantage moft immediately fought in this treatise, is the mode of tuning piano-fortes, and other keyed inftruments, fo as to remove, as much as poffible, the neceffary imperfection of temperament arifing from their conftruction: but as the best method of effecting this purpofe, Mr. Marsh recommends the improvement of having, throughout thofe inftruments, two distinct notes for G fharp and A flat. As this might be done, he fays, without materially increafing either the dimen. fions or expence of the inftrument, he cannot but exprefs his furprife that it has not long ago been adopted, not only in organs, but in piano-fortes. It might be effected by means of a double, or divided key for thofe two notes, "which key being dif tinguished from all the reft, as the centre of three fhort keys, performers in general would foon get into the habit of managing their fingering, fo as always readily to diftinguish the one note from the other." We completely agree with the author in this and most other points, and ftrongly recommend his book to thofe whom it is calculated to inftruct.

ART. 27. Flowers of Literature for 1808, 1809, on charac. teriftic Sketches of human Nature and modern Manners. To which are added a general View of Literature during that Period; Portraits and biographical Notices of eminent literary and political Characters: with Notes, biftorical, critical, and explanatory. By Francis William Blagdon, Efq. Propriet and Editor of the Phenix, and the Weekly Political Regifter. To be continued annually. 12mo. 448 pp. 6s. Crosby and Co. 1810.

This is, as ufual, a very pleafing mifcellany; the paffages in it are well felected from a great variety of publications, and the illuftrative matter, of all kinds, is very ably prepared. See Our former notices of this work,

His remarks on the further improvements attempted in the Temple organ, that at the Foundling Hofpital, and one exhibited at Mr. Elliott's in Tottenham Court Road, are extremely judicious. We could not but fmile, though without difapprobation, at the concluding idea of Mr. Marth, that one of the privileges of Heaven is to be that mufic is to be entirely perfect, that fyftems of tuning shall no longer perplex us, and that "TEMPERAMENT SHALL BE NO MORE!"

Mr. Blagdon, the editor, apologizes for an unufual delay in the publication of this volume, partly on account of un. avoidable obstacles, and partly by the confeffion, that his own political avocations have prevented him from making fo rapid a progrefs as he could have wifhed, in the selection of the matter. To the latter part of the allegation we can bear the strongest teftimony, by faying that we have read nearly the whole of his principal, and now fole paper," the Poli tical Regifter," and that it contains abundant proof not only of his diligent exertion in the caufe of truth, but of his ability and patriotic zeal. We fhould blufh for our country, and be much inclined to defpair of her fafety, if fuch efforts, made at fuch a time, fhould not be crowned with juft and honourable rewards; though at the fame time we confefs, that there are but too many reasons to apprehend a different refult; the chief of which reafon is an unaccountable apathy, in thofe of found principles, refpecting the effects of political writings, whether fedi tious or loyal,

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